Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-11-04

\ :, Sunday morning.
There is serious water famine in
some portions of Ohio and Indiana.
The New England Fair at Worcester
n September was not financial success.
An elevator boy was caught by his
machine at Boston, Saturday. and his
head was cut off,
A gas explosion at st. Louis Tuesday
killed at least nine people and destroyed
good deal of property.
1t is said that the grave robbers who
stole the body of Stewart, the New York
merchant, received $4,000 for restoring
it.
Antonio Infantes, an aeronaut, fell 500
feet with his collapsed balloon at St.
Louis Sunday night and was instantly
killed.
The Western Union and Postal Tee-
graph companies have united, so that the
former will have things all it's own way
hereafter.
The Western Union company has de-
eided to reduce telegraph tolls between
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington and the West.
Mrs. James Brown Potter made her
first appearance as professional actress
ire, New York, Monday night.
Henry NJ. jackson, cashier of the New
ork sub-treasury, is said to be default
ter, and is in Canada. He took $4,000
bnd a woman not his wife.
There have been six new cases and
four deaths from yellow fever at Tampa,
Fla, since the last reports to the marine
hospital bureau at Washington.
The stand-pipe of the water works at
Seneca Falls, NY, burst the other day.
"A column of water 80 feet in diameter
and nearly 100 feet high caused a flood
which did 200 damage.
Indian officials expose shameful at
Tempt on the part of dishonest whites in
Arizona to rob a small band of peaceful
and Industrious Indians in the San Pedro
River Valley of their land and stock.
The large propeller Vernon has been
wrecked on Lake Michigan, and all on
board are supposed to have persisted.
She carried crew of % men and several
passengers. The total loss of life, it is
believed, will reach fifty.
DISPATCHES from Ell Paso, Texas, de-
clare that there are grounds for believing
hat the Mexican Central and Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe roads have secured
valuable franchises of their extension in
to Northern Mexico.
A woman named Miller, while frenzied
by grief on account of a drunken hus-
band, threw her nine-years-Od child out
bt three-story window at Cincinnati, o.,
Monday and then leaped out after it..
Both were killed.
Lester Hapes, the l9-years-Old cashier
bf the bank of commerce at La Junta,
Col, left that town last Tuesday night,
and as he did not appear on Wednesday
suspicious were aroused. An eXanina-
ion showed that $4,000 or $4,000 was
taken.
The American and English advocates
bf peaceful arbitration as a means for the
settlement of international troubles were
received by President Cleveland Monday,
and have accepted an invitation to a ban
quet rendered by the Commercial Club OF
Boston, Thursday, Nov. 10.
Natural gas has been struck short
distance from Southfield, Mich, at a
depth of ll2 feet. Stones weighing from
40 to GO pounds placed oyer the hole were
blown high in the air. The aperture is
now two feet in diameter and constantly
growing.
Associated press dispatches reported
"Wednesday that Jefferson Davis. who is
now at Macon, Georgia, is in such cOndi
ton as to his health that he will not bs
likely to return to his home at Beauvols
Miss. alive. His wife is in constant at
tendance upon him. The end is expected
at any time.
The body of the late Henry Ware
Beecher which has remained in the re
ceptiOn vault of Greenwood cemetery
since the funeral, has just been deposited
in its final resting place, magniticen
location in the new portion of the GENE
terry overlooking the bay. The transfe
of the body to the tomb was private.
There has been a hearing at Washing
ton before the interstate commerce com
mission on the complaint of the Bosto
chamber of commerce and others to tn
effect that the prevailing rates on graf
and produce from Chicago to Bosto
constitute an unjust discrimination i
favor of Boston exporters as agains
local dealers.
Mrs. George Malone and Mary Matthew
of st. Mary's, Md, met in the Methods
church Sunday, and renewed an old qual
rel. Miss Matheny drew knife and stall
bed Mrs. Malone in the shoulder an
breast, inflictng serious wounds. Sevel
al friends of the two women then too
part in the hight and general melee II
suited. Many of the women were arre
ted.
Alfred Haywood, Liverpool eng
porkpacker, has been arrested at Chicag
for breach of contract. He agreed
employ Henry Meade in house whic
he bought at Atlanta, Ia, for one year
$25 a week, but the bushes was foun
to be Improbable and he gave 1t VI
Meade has been idle for year, and sue
for $500. Mr. Haywoods friends ha,
furnished $1,000 bail.
There are rumors to the effect thi
when Secretary Lamar is promoted
the supreme bench, Postmaster Gener
Villas will succeed Lamar, and Assistal
Postmaster General Stephenson will
made postmaster general. Southerner
however, do not believe that their sectiC
of the country will be left without
proper representative, Attorney Gener
Garland NOT hpinp rppa rdpd as a live n